I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life's Essential Daily Habit Kindle Edition

If you have read a lot of Kelly's previous books as I have, you will see that he is regurgitating everything from prior books i.e. the prayer process. Save your money and buy some of his other books. The Rediscovering series is great and resisting happiness is one of my favorites.

We all need a little help to start our spiritual journey in a more meaningful way. This book has practical advice to begin a more meaningful life.

As a Catholic, I understand how much religion we were taught, but how little we were instructed on how to really pray and develop a deep relationship with our Lord. This book does a good job of helping both with examples and with a process for how to enter into your unique relationship with God.

Such a good book. Well worth the time and not hard to read. Lots of great truths in this one.

This is life changing for me as it gives such an inspiring and practical guide to praying with Joy and making it easy to do as well. LOVE THIS BOOK! Thank you!

I bought this book as a gift. The person I gave it to said it was one of the best books he'd ever read.

It is thought provoking. It is prayer encouragement. It is fun. It is easy. It is entirely God -focused, as all should be. Thanks.

Easy to read, & inspiring!

Easy to read, with good guide lines.

Over the last 6 years I have read books by Matthew Kelly 29 times, and that does not count some of his children’s books that have been read many times over. I am always excited when a new volume from Matthew is coming out, and eagerly await its release. This was the second of two that released around the same time, the other being Coach 365 Days of Inspiration for Coaches and Players. Next to Rediscover the Saints, this is my favorite book by Matthew Kelly, that I have read to date. This is one of those books that every Catholic, nay every Christian could benefit from reading. It is a fantastic read, and as soon as I finished it, I put but in my; to be read pile. It will be a book I know I will return to again and again. The description of this volume is:“Is Your Life Working? Most of us are trying to put together the jigsaw puzzle we call life without a very important piece. Over time this becomes incredibly frustrating. In this extraordinary book, Matthew Kelly powerfully demonstrates that we cannot live the life we have imagined, or experience the joy we yearn for, unless we learn to tend the soul. From there, with his classic style of practical wisdom, he teaches us how to remedy this problem.When our bodies are hungry, our stomachs growl. When our souls are hungry, we become irritable, restless, confused, overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, discontent, and tend to focus on the things that matter least and neglect the things that matter most.”I highlighted several passages on my first reading of this volume and some of them are:“We cannot live without the hope that things will change for the better, and we are not victims of our circumstances.”“You are who and what you are still capable of becoming. You are your realized and unrealized potential. God sees you and all your potential, and he aches to see you embrace your best, truest, highest self. He yearns to help you and to accompany you in that quest.”“Wherever you are, whatever you’re feeling, however life has surprised and disappointed you, I want to remind you of one thing: The best is yet to come! There are times in life when this is easier or harder to believe, but the best is truly yet to come.”“The essential piece most people are missing is a vibrant spirituality.”“Nothing will change your life so completely, absolutely, and forever like learning how to really pray. In prayer we learn who we are and what we are here for, what matters most and what matters least. Through prayer we discover the-best-version-of-ourselves, and are given the courage to celebrate and defend it in each moment of each day. In prayer we learn how to love and be loved, because we discover that we have been loved, are loved, and will continually be loved by God.”“If you truly want to seek and find these answers, this is work for the soul. These are matters that are between you and God.”“The essential practical virtue of prayer is patience—which is also the essential practical virtue in all relationships.”“I am often asked: “Why do you pray?” I pray because I cannot thrive without it.”Those few samples will give you an idea of the worth of this volume. This is a book about making prayer central to your whole life. It teaches, it encourages, and it challenges it. Matthew outlines:The Prayer Process:1. Gratitude2. Awareness3. Significant Moments4. Peace5. Freedom6. Others7. FinishThe book also contains the prayer of surrender. The chapters in this volume are:Part One: The Unexpected LifeA Question to BeginThe Missing PieceThe HabitThe Promise of This BookFinding Your ReasonHabit and PotentialThe ChallengeSoul NotePart Two: My Spiritual JourneyThe Invitation: Ten Minutes a DayThe First SurrenderThe Day My Life Changed ForeverMy Hope for YouSoul NotePart Three: Life’s Essential HabitTeach Us to PraySharing the JoyThe Prayer ProcessYour Best DaysThe Basics What Is Your Image of God?There Is Power in a NameBegin TodaySoul NotePart Four: Six Powerful Spiritual LessonsThe Longest JourneySix Seismic ShiftsThe First Shift: Begin the ConversationThe Second Shift: Ask God What He WantsThe Third Shift: Give Yourself to PrayerThe Fourth Shift: Transform Everything into PrayerThe Fifth Shift: Make Yourself AvailableThe Sixth Shift: Just Keep Showing Up!Six Life-Changing AwakeningsSoul NotePart Five: The God Who Gave Us LaughterDoes God Have a Sense of Humor?I Heard God LaughThe Deep WatersThe Delight of GodBusy Is Not Your FriendSoul NoteEpilogue: Do You Hear That?This is one of those books I wish I could put in the hands of all my friends. A book I would love to have given to my daughter’s grade 8 graduation class last year. And especially in 202 it is a book many of us would benefit from reading. I strongly encourage you to order 2 copies of this book, one for yourself and one to pass on.This book is one of Kelly’s best and one all Christians should read!